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Rio de Janeiro Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The sun's out,hit the beach - got a gritty sh*tter
This is a top pick! We are expecting some nice weather over the next couple of days so hopefully I won't have too much to type except for beach, beach, beach!! We were down on Ipanema beach at 10am this morning. It's an absolutely fantastic beach and the waves are huge! ...
The escalator to heaven
This is a top pick! It was the day before we were leaving Brazil, and the Christ statue had yet to be conquered. We were still waiting for the clouds to clear. But not wanting to chance rain on the last morning, we decided to head up today. The clouds ...
Sunday Street Dance at Ipanema
This is a top pick! Sunday afternoon, the road by the beach is close for the beach patrons, no motorized vehicles are allowed to ply along the avenue. While walking along the Ipanema Beach, we spotted a street dancing. The brown sugary beach sand is covered by people ...
Hang Gliding in Rio
This is a top pick! I was picked up on time by the tour operator for the hang gliding. It was a bird-like experience seing Rio in a bird´s eye-view. I met three ladies from St. Patrick land... It was bit scary because the velcru strap on my left leg got lose but ...
A day to spend at Copacabana Beach
This is a top pick! I moved from a hostel to a hotel. Somehow, I can´t handle the mosquito larvae that I always see in the toilet bowl and the timed room airconditioning. I spent the morning at the beach, I got burnt ...
Slow, Steady and Sweltering
This is a top pick! ... least until about 9 am - but mid-day found us right in the middle of Teresina, a city renowned as being the hottest in Brazil! In places the tarmac road surface was buckling and melting in the heat, and even the slight breeze did little to alleviate the ...
Made it to Rio, our last stop!!
This is a top pick! We arrived into Rio at around 11.45am after a further stop at around 7am by the over intrusive Brazilian police. Seriously, these guys need to make friends and talk to each other! No-one got on the bus or left the bus for the whole journey, but on three ...
Hanging around the beaches and watching footy
This is a top pick! We had a long lie in this morning in the comfort of our adopted home for 9 days. After bacon cobs, I made myself comfortable in my second adopted home - The Irish Pub across the road! It was FA Cup semi-final day and beer & football were necessary. I ...
The Corcovado and the Sugarloaf
This is a top pick! ... is the centro, the main business district in Rio. Beside this is the local airport that looks over the delta of the river Janeiro. Following the sweep of the big fellow´s head to the right sees him looking at the sugarloaf with Copacobana beach to the ...
Copa...Copacabana.....It´s beach time again!
This is a top pick! ... And, they do serve them ice cold, so it wasn't all bad. In fact, how can I really complain....I'm sat on Ipanema beach in Rio in the hot sunshine drinking ice cold beers whilst most people I know are at work in rainy England! Oh life is so hard. ...
We are now entering the wilder zones.....
This is a top pick! ... " where we all began some serious acclimatisation to both the weather, working as a real team within the more broader regions of Brazil. Having spent a week in the Orphanage had seemingly provided us with a safety net now leaving us open to a bit of a ...
Florianopolis to Rio de Janeiro - Day 39
This is a top pick! ... places to visit. When I arrived in Florianopolis, I thankfully only had a 3 hour wait at the station for a connecting bus to Rio de Janeiro which is another long slog for 18 hours. I'm hoping when I reach Rio tomorrow morning I'll be able to find a ...
Obregado - My first portuguese word
This is a top pick! Just logging in as I arrive here in Brazil. We landed on a thick clouds and it was almost touch down when the clouds cleared the airport view. We had an hour stop over at Sao Paulo then a 33 minutes hop to Rio. The hostel I´m staying in is nice, ...
FINALLY!
This is a top pick! ... labourers manually transported heavy machinery and parts by laboriously climbing Sugar Loaf to construct the chairlift. The view overlooking Rio is stunning because you can see Christ the Redeemer in the distance and Copacabana. Interestingly, as I was ...
Corcovado - Meeting Jesus, My Creator
This is a top pick! No visit to Rio is complete without a visit Cristo Redentor Statue at the top of the Corcovado Hill. We did not ride the cogwheel train. Instead, we took the private tour for BR 40.00, which is BR4.00 more than the cogwheel train. The train will ...
Turning into a nightowl
This is a top pick! ... and sunny Australian summer days can't come around fast enough. It's a shame because I love this city (I'd love to return to Brazil to do the country more justice) but the weather has simply dampened my experience of this city... thank goodness for the ...
Rainy day - so all day beers and football!
This is a top pick! ... Lorna for as long as possible, but eventually she found out. She was not happy! Funny thing is, today is a bank holiday in Brazil, so they get the same crap bank holiday weather as we do in England! Barmy. Obviously, with it being a bank holiday and ...
Rio de Janeiro
This is a top pick! ... a steak sandwich to die for, we made it back to the hotel and tumbled into bed. Nov 15 Today was a holiday in Brazil. But according to the Nigerian guy who sold us sandwiches on the beach, the Brazilians have a holiday every week! The weather was ...
Cloudy Christ & a Sugar Loaf
This is a top pick! ... to the top ....40 mins later..... we were soaked with sweat lol. The first part of Sugar Loaf has great views all the way around Rio but of course Christ had stuck himself back in the clouds so he was nowhere to be seen - gutted. We hung about for ...
Tropical Paradise!
This is a top pick! Caught the ferry to the beautiful island of Ilha Grande for a couple of days hiking and relaxation before reaching Rio...we weren't disappointed! Enjoyed a couple of hikes around the island with spectacular views. Mendes Lopes beach on day one was one of ...
From the Depths to the Heights
This is a top pick! ... is not our idea of fun - so our route now took us back down along the Atlantic coast heading towards Rio de Janeiro. The summer retreats of wealthy Paulistanos quickly gave way to the grimy industrial estates and smutty oil processing plants surrounding ...
Rio Rocks!
This is a top pick! Hello from Rio! Yes, we´re in Rio de Janeiro, often quoted as being one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and despite hearing this about countless places around the world, we´d have to agree. The guidebooks can make you paranoid about your ...
Her name is Rio and Rio was grand
This is a top pick! ... about safety in and around Rio so we didn't know what to expect. Well, it is difficult to generalise but our experience in Rio was wonderful. We had felt more uneasy in Lima and at times in Quito and with six nights' experience in Rio under ...
Downtown Rio and Azucar de Pao
This is a top pick! I woke up just in time to freshen up and to have breakfast. David, my new Canadian friend and I met up with Marvin, a Venezuelan. You met them already in the picture I had posted yesterday. Anyway, still, David became our private tourist guide ...
One long day in Rio
This is a top pick! ... too. We started out the day in one of the 200 favellas that have proliferated along the slopes of the mountains that surround Rio. I was apprehensive about visiting the place because to me it seemed too much like going to look at animals in the zoo. ...
Revelling In Rainy Rio.
This is a top pick! ... is off to Ilha Grande an island 3 hours south of Rio for 3 nights and hopefully some better weather! Foot Note: Christ The Redeemer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is now one of the New Seven Wonders Of The World Winners. Rio de Janeiro also featured in the book ...
Carnival Time
This is a top pick! ... Coelho, who arrived on 1st January 1502. Thinking it was the mouth of a great river, he called the place January River (Rio de Janeiro). However, the Portuguese did not use the enormous bay as a port and it was first settled by the French who stayed ...
Into the favela
This is a top pick! ... into a human zoo, even a voyeuristic experience. Supporters, on the other hand, say that you can't really understand a place like Rio until you visit the favela. Erin and I split on this issue. I wanted to see the favela while Erin did ...
Cidade Marvilhosa
This is a top pick! ... in awe of it. You don´t need to be religious to get a thrill from seeing the statue of Christ, with his arms outstretched overlooking Rio. We each had our picture taken with our arms extended in a similar pose as all tourists do. It is a very strong urge ...
Lappa
This is a top pick! After the brilliance of Foz do Iguacu, I decided to head straight to Rio De Janeiro. After 22 hours on a bus I pulled into the station in a very dodgey area of Rio. Along with 2 English girls I had meet in Iguacu, I jumped into a taxi and headed straight ...